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Notes for CORA ANN GLEAVES:
Cora first appears in the 1880 Collin County, Texas census living with her father. She and her husband and children appear in the 1900-20 censuses in various Texas counties. She lived with her daughter Ada Brooks for the last 11 years of her life. Her death certificate shows no information pertaining to her mother. She died from "heart disease - endocondition - duration of 4 years". She and Dennis are buried in Greenview Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas.
Cora and Dennis had 13 children, the fourth through eleventh all having given names beginning with "W".
Additional information on this line comes from a posting on the Collin County, Texas board on Ancestry.Com by Danny Hammack. This is Cora Ann Gleaves.
Dennis Watson and Cora Ann Gleaves and children the oldest girl in the picture is ethel cordelia (watson) bledsoe my great grandmother,danny hammack.
Children of CORA GLEAVES and DENNIS WATSON are:
i. JOHN WESLEY7 WATSON, b. May 22, 1884, Cumbie, Texas; d. January 20, 1951, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma; m. (1) BEA UNKNOWN, 1906, Grayson or Collin County, Texas; b. 1890; d. about 1920, Grayson or Collin County, Texas; m. (2) BESSIE POWELL, August 30, 1927, Idabel, Oklahoma; b. May 22, 1899, Atlanta, Texas; d. October 24, 1969, Idabel, Oklahoma.
ii. ETHEL CORDELIA WATSON, b. December 25, 1886, Collin County, Texas; d. June 13, 1964, Fort Worth, Texas; m. EMMETT BLEDSOE, December 22, 1905, Grayson County, Texas; b. May 01, 1887; d. February 10, 1950.
209. iii. ADDIE BELL WATSON, b. September 27, 1888, Grayson County, Texas; d. October 27, 1968, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
iv. WALTER WATSON, b. January 19, 1891; d. July 10, 1969, Hopkins County, Texas; m. ESSIE MAHALIE PATTON, October 04, 1908, Emory, Rains County, Texas; b. August 04, 1893; d. March 07, 1975, Hopkins County, Texas.
v. WAIN WATSON, b. January 25, 1893; d. December 1953; m. OLLIE H. HATLEY, December 25, 1913; b. 1892; d. 1971.
vi. WILLOUS WATSON, b. August 28, 1895; d. February 18, 1969; m. EUNICE M. BLACKERBY; b. April 01, 1902; d. April 23, 1980.
vii. WINFORD WATSON, b. July 26, 1896, Grayson County, Texas; d. March 20, 1897, Grayson County, Texas.
viii. WINDLE WATSON, b. January 24, 1899, Hopkins or Rains County, Texas; d. August 05, 1975, Bowie County, Texas; m. GEORGIA LUEGENE ISABELL, June 16, 1919, Emory, Rains County, Texas; b. May 16, 1901, Umpire, Howard County, Texas; d. March 28, 1990, Bowie County, Texas.
ix. WELDON WATSON, "BOSS", b. July 10, 1901, Grayson County, Texas; d. June 03, 1970, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas; m. MAYMEE GAFFORD, July 14, 1923, Emory, Rains County, Texas; b. April 10, 1907, Texas; d. April 21, 1991, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas.
x. WACO WATSON, b. July 24, 1903; d. August 27, 1940, Dallas, Texas; m. UNKNOWN GLASS.
xi. WAYMON WATSON, b. July 03, 1905; d. April 10, 1987, Hopkins County, Texas; m. UNKNOWN TERRY.
xii. ADA WATSON, b. September 06, 1907, Celina, Texas; d. July 22, 1991, Camden, Arkansas; m. R.E. DIETZ BROOKS, April 12, 1927, Kilgore, Texas; b. December 07, 1901, Frisco, Texas; d. September 30, 1975, Kilgore, Texas.
xiii. OZELMA WATSON, b. November 18, 1909; d. February 08, 1936, Gregg County, Texas; m. (1) PAUL CLIFTON ASHBERRY; b. July 16, 1902; d. February 26, 1997; m. (2) UNKNOWN LOFTIN.